Hobby-horse.



W. J. JOSEPH.

HOBBY HORSE.

APPLICATION IILEDJOV. 23, 1909.

967,641. Patented Aug. 16,1910.

WITNESSES 5/4/1 .4 y MZ in A Q M which the follow citizen ot' the Unite-ti Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State llll llllllillll lt'htl oejsion inineit etoesn p specification or letters fitment. hpplicetien filed Novemhor es, time. some lilo, emote lee-t ee he to; it

Tool! whom it may concern:

Be 14; known that .lulVlILLIAM il'. losers, o States, residing o't lit" oi ltlinnesote heve ingenteol certain new Etlltl useful lznproveinents in 'llfilohhy-ll lorses, ot'

ing is e specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hobby horses, and has for itsohjeot' to provide an artificial horse which can he usetl interclmngeahly as 2t rocking horse ,or veiocipetlc, and which is constructed of mow able parts which can he worked to simulate the actions of a live horse.

' away; Fig. 3 is a perspective detail of the steering and heocl turning mechonisni; l el- 15 a. detail oi the onn'ulortlielt at the lower end of the steering" rod; and Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on line map; of Fig. 1.

In the drawings it represents the hotly of the horse, B the head, (1 the front legs, D the hind legs, and E-the tail. In the lower ends of the front legs is journoled an axle upon which is centrally mounted on idler wheel 3, while in'the lower ends of the hind legs is journaled an axle 4 upon which centrally secured o sprocket wheel Upon the rear are carried two driving wheels 6, Both axles extend beyond the legs and have journal support in the rockers l which are held upon the exile by inenns'o'l nuts 7, and extend down below the wheels.

The hotly of the horse is formed at the top with a cavity 8 within which elastically seated :i szuhlle S), the saddle resting upon springs 10. Lpon the underside of the sat]- tlle is it tinnsverse pin ll which works slitl= iugly in the downwardly and forwardly extending slot 12 of n rotl 13. This root works freely hack end forth in it reorwortlly e2:- tentlinp; hole in the hotly of the horse, and is pivotnlly seen-red to the tail 3 thereof. llhe toil is mounted upon o horizontal pivot it, so so to oscillete in o verticol plsne, onrl is worheil hf; moons of the rotl til. the enrl of which is oowintricslly pivoted thereto :tt

thumb screw :26, torn together. lhe fore legs Q of the horse the body ofthe horse.

to. I "lhos when the saddle is depressed the pin ll, es itmoves up ontl tlowh injthe ohhqneslot .12, will reciprocate the tool l3 and thereby oscillate the toil.

lltotzttolole in o verticztl hole extenolhig down through the hotly of thehorse in trout of the eoc'lclle e steering rod 20 which, is detechehly connected at the bottom with on onnnl'erly notched dish 21, which tits within the central hole, and against the iii-- terror flange 23, of a, rotatable plate Thus the flonge iltfi of the plate rests upon,

and; supported by, the dish 20. The (lisli is tletechehly helcl upon" the lower end oilthe steeringrocl by meens of e not 25 threaded upon the end oftherod. The plate can he clamped test to the disk by means oil it so that both plates will.

are integral with the plate 24:, or secured fixedly thereto, so thot when'the plots is turned, the logs of the horse anal the itller wheel 3 carried thereby, will be turned with it. At its uppeli end the steering" rotl is provided with a handle bar 27, which is plvotzrlly connected with the head of the horse by moons of links 28. The heavol ot' the horse is provided at the ,hott-om with a con trel. downwardly extending pivot pin 29, which works rotatobly within a. socket 30 in Journoleol in the supports tend downwardly from the saddle, is crank shaft 17, upon which is o sprocket Wheel 18,

( which is operotively connected with the rear.

sprocket wheel?) by means of o-chain 19.

When the horse is to ino; horse the rockers are miles, as shown in Fig. 1,

may or may not drive the back he pleases. lty loosening the thumb screw 26, so as to release the disk El from" the plate 24, he can turn the rod oncl the horsesheed simulating the motion of a horse in action, he con work the saddle up and down and thereby 11love the horses tail in theinenner described. "When the rockers are token 011, the horse will rest upon the wheels 3 end 6, and the wheels 6 can then he driven Mi in e veloeipetle lay moons oi the crank; shalt enol sprocket mechoniem shove described.

, l cloim its-my invention: m

1. in e hohhy horse, the combination, with 16, which em v be used as a rockslipped over the the Wheels being thereby raised from the ground. The rider wheels, as

we independently of the front legs. Also bylot :11 horse hotly halving its tore legs one heetl means carried rotatable upon vertical axes, of a rotatable steering rod secured to the head and passing down rotatebly throughthe horse body. means for operatively connecting the rod With the fore legs and for releasing the Seine from such connection, whereby the head can be turned in unison with the legs or independently thereof, and interchangeable rocker and wheel support for said horse. V

2. In a toy horse, the combination, with the body of the horse, of a tail. piyotally sup orted thereon, a movable saddle having spring support upon the horse-body, and by the saddle and connected With the tail for swinging the tail.

3. In a toy horse, the combination, with the horse-body, of a tail'pivotally supported thereon, e movable saddle having spring support upon the horse body, and a. rod lit-L ve ing oblique slot and pin engagement Wlth l l l i l l l l l l l the saddle and being eeeent-rionlly Connected with the tail, said rod pus-sing oosely through at longitudinal hole in the horse hotly, whereby the tail will he swung when the saddle is moved.

4. in a hobby horse, the combination, with the body of the horse, of it tail pivotally supported thereon, a eavity in the top of the horse body, an elastically supported suddle working in said cavity, and mechanism zu-tuuted by the movement of the saddle and eceei'itrically connected with the tail whereby the t-iiil will he swung when the saddle is reeiproeated.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesees.

VVIL LIAM J. JOSEPH.

Witnesses ARTHUR P. Lo'rlnzor, H. SMITH. 

